Thanks for the confirmation @StoneOtter !Hi MissyE, I think so too. I'm going from pics in our problem solver.
Picture 1 and 2 shows a Potassium deficiency
The treated Blueberry's seem to have quit drinking now so I'll try a foliar spray under the canopy only with hopes that I avoid bud rot issues. Other than the deficiency in the leaves, the buds all look great and are "doing their thing."
Ahoy Cap'n @Maritimer. I've got a busy day ahead swabbing decks and running errands in town. I'll post an update on my Blueberry girls and some background on me before the end of the day. Enjoy today!
(I do hope that emoji sends positive vibes and is not of the offensive variety, I mean to send a "hat's off to you" or a "toast to you" sort of thing)
Hi @MissyE,Good Evening Cap'n @Maritimer. Not sure where to start, so I'll jump right in. I have a minor in Botany from my undergraduate studies. During that time, I focused on plant propagation (when, why, and how plants propagate and why they prefer non-sexual propagation) and bonsai techniques (root pruning, stem girth, shaping, pruning, training, tricking plants to be). I absolutely love plants and wanted to spend my life studying them but realized I needed a way to make money to get out of poverty. So, I got an accounting degree and became a Tax Attorney instead which is really an hourly wage job data-mining the internet, court cases, and tax code. Now, 30 years later, I've retired from my day job and Husband has built me the most glorious SheShed imaginable and allows me to spend my days playing with my plants. My knowledge is out of date and rusty and I'm slowly dredging it up and having light-bulb moments as I data-mine and explore various concepts/theories. I'm enjoying playing and providing great tasting flower for our family and friends to enjoy. Some girls collect shoes... I find I collect seeds and strains. I have 26 bonsai momma's that I've collected and maintain bc I never know when I or someone close to me may want or need that particular strain. My joy is in constant learning and now, I am enjoying my days constantly learning about these glorious plants. I'm currently setting up a very small micro-size tissue culture lab bc I want to learn how to grow explants and it could allow me to really really really ramp up my strain collection bc of the space efficiency such would provide (*bonus!*). I read someplace that we can breed through tissue culture too. How fun is that!!!
But, the thing that brings me here and to you, is this search for flavor to enhance the smoking experience bc I am a firm believer in whole flower or fresh rosin and also to search for pushing oil production to the outer-limits... to combine maximum flavor with maximum oil to create the best tasting medicine, or just... the best relaxing smoke.
I'm of average intelligence, likely a bit direct and forget my manners (especially when focused), I'm decent at researching, above-average at thinking outside the box, and I excel at my willingness to try. No harm in trying...
You have started me on my research of ABA and I agree it is important but I don't yet understand the various interactions. It seems to play a major role in signaling (which would be the concert director you mention). I need to delve into this and think.
As for my MeJa treated Blueberry girls, they have quit drinking as they seem solely focused on oil production right now. I treated them with MeJa on the 19th, they drank a gallon of nutrient water on the 20th and drank another half gallon on the 21st. Tomorrow will be Day 6 of their self-induced starvation diet and I'm not sure they are going to be ready for a drink yet... maybe... but their leaves are still perky... like wings of an airplane... so I think no water again tomorrow. I did spray the Potassium Sulfate (they seem to have enjoyed that). I'll post pictures in the morning. I'm off to quiet time now.
Here is to you my new friend...
Good Morning @StoneOtter, so far, my notes would say timing is not so critical when flowers are setting... there is a good long open window of time when flowers are forming/setting, maybe 14-15 day window when the "stretch" growth phase has ended and the plant is now focusing on flower formation and forming those resin gland structures. That appears to be the perfect time to spray .5 mL of MeJa per gallon of water adding a wetting agent of your choice to the water. I have to shake well and keep shaking throughout the spray process to keep the MeJa suspended and separated. Mine seems to like globbing together as it is hydrophobic, shaking eliminates that issue.
@Maritimer. Thank you for that! Your plants are gorgeous, my buds are always quite small. Tasty but small. I'm so amazed at the large colas others put out. I'll need to figure that out. This brass stocks thing is new to me. I LIKE IT!. I will explore and learn. And Avionics! I salute you. I am not mechanically minded at all. So much to learn here. Trying to write my response here and ADD has kicked in as I'm over reading your FECO journal
Interesting. The product receipt from Power Grown says I got "Methyl Dihydrojasmonate" I am certainly not a chemist. Quick research and I found this helpful note on Chemicalforums.com "The biological activity of MeJA (methyl jasmonate) is higher than MDJ (methyl dihydrojasmonate); as well as other jasmonates such as JA (jasmonic acid) and dihydrojasmonic acid. The only company (of which I'm aware) that has carried out considerable research into efficacy of MDJ vs. MeJA and JA as biotic and abiotic stress reducer found MDJ to have lower biological activity than the other two forms, with MeJA being the highest out of all jasmonate forms." And the writer references a review in the Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, 83(3), pp. 283-304 (2008) Rohwer, C.L. & Erwin, J.E.
I think you do too!I will add this note about Power Grown. I fully believe I know more about their product than they do. especially how and when to use it.
And now we are discovering there are several different forms of Jasmonates and we need to pay attention to which chemical formulation we are actually getting.
I would love to have a look at the review.
Can you access this link?
I want it all. Lol
Done.
In the meantime, I am reading through the FECO journal and taking initial notes. We use a similar grow medium but you use a bit more coco than I do. I've got equal parts FFOF, Happy Frog, Tupor Coco, and then small amounts (10% ish) Perlite and worm castings. Also downloaded the 158 page thesis and intend to read that. Game On. 
Yea,the yea's have it! It's nice to see you here @MissyE ! I've been waiting to grow personal seeds to try this. Not scientific as you two but I can mechanically get it done with your help and am gratefully waiting to start up my grow again in late September after some traveling. The one in the yard now may get a spray if I have enough for it. It's a big outdoor plant.
Full strength , no dilution, spray in evening before lights out or sunset. We can get more MeJA, so get outside and give that big girl a foliar spray. Don't worry about spraying flowers so much, you are spraying her leaves where her sensitivities (JA pathways) are most prevalent. The flowers are not harmed by the spray but also I do not point at them.
Ooh, I'll have to cover the tomatoes 6 feet away then! I have a concern. Do you think a treatment will change the way she fares the great out of doors?Full strength , no dilution, spray in evening before lights out or sunset. We can get more MeJA, so get outside and give that big girl a foliar spray. Don't worry about spraying flowers so much, you are spraying her leaves where her sensitivities (JA pathways) are most prevalent. The flowers are not harmed by the spray but also I do not point at them.
Overspray is a big concern if other plants are near, and also I protect the root zone with a towel or cloth as we are not too sure how the hormone acts down yonder.
StankBerry
I think she will be one up on any insects and herbivores as this is her natural defense against the critters.
And I would add that I think she will become quite hungry and thirsty in the first 48 hours after the spray... at least, that was my initial experience with my inferior product... Maritimer? did you notice that your plants are hungry and thirsty after spraying?
